Airline Worker Shot

Helped Bare Drug Ring

November 23, 1986|United Press International

MIAMI -- An Eastern Airlines manager who told police he had received threats for his part in uncovering a cocaine smuggling ring at the airline was shot outside his home by an unidentified man, police said Saturday.

Carl Blazevich, 45, was treated at the scene by paramedics for a minor stomach wound he received when he was shot once outside his suburban Miami home at 7 p.m. Friday, said Metro-Dade County police spokesman Sgt. Larry Chilson.

Police said the gunman approached Blazevich as he was getting out of his car, shouted at him to attract his attention, and then fired. The bullet missed Blazevich, who grabbed the gun and struggled with the attacker.

The gun fired again as the two men fought, wounding Blazevich, Chilson said. The gunman, wearing clothing that resembled a light brown uniform, fled on foot.

Blazevich told police Eastern had provided him with a security guard at his house since he began receiving threats after the drug arrests. But recently Blazevich stopped using the service, and there was no guard at the home, Chilson said.